Elections 2021

EIEP Podcast: Volatility and voting in Ethiopia’s Somali region

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In this episode, Ethiopia Insight Election Project’s Juweria B. Ali asks Abdirahman Ahmed, an assistant professor of sociology at Jigjiga University in Jijiga, to reflect on issues he raised in the EIEP’s ‘New faces, old problems: reforms, clans, and parties in Ethiopia’s Somali region‘.

Watermen fetching water using donkey cart in Jigjiga, May 28, Abdirahman Ahmed

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Ethiopia Insight Election Project Podcasts are authors’ reflections on their in-depth reported pieces from across Ethiopia that analyze issues related to this year’s polls.

Main photo: A voter registration center in Tuli, Fafan zone, Somali region; 23 April 2021; Abdirahman Ahmed

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